#A83D23#A83D23

#A83D23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.146 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83D23
RGB	rgb(168, 61, 35)
HSL	hsl(12, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.87, 42.63, 38.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.87, 57.28, 41.90°)
OKLab	oklab(50.65% 0.1202 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(50.65% 0.146 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1226, 11.7863, 2.9105)
Luminance	0.1178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83D23 #238EA8

analogous

#A8234C #A83D23 #A87F23

triadic

#A83D23 #23A83D #3D23A8

tetradic

#A83D23 #4CA823 #238EA8 #7F23A8

square

#A83D23 #4CA823 #238EA8 #7F23A8

split-complementary

#A83D23 #23A87F #234CA8

monochromatic

#43180E #752B18 #A83D23 #D55334 #DF7E66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#A83D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#A83D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83D23

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83D23	1.00	6.26	3.36	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B511F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92138

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 61, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.146 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7760',
    500: '#a83d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83d23;
$custom-light: #ca7760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.729,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50649,
    "c": 0.1464,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83D23

secondary

#62B1C5

accent

#C7E83F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83D23

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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